Responsibilities
Our Responsibility
In our care for students we will remember that:
EACH STUDENT IS SPECIAL
It is our belief that each person is created by God with unique gifts and talents. Each person has a valuable contribution to make for the good of all. God loves each person.
CORRECTION AND GUIDANCE NEEDED
Since all people are prone to doing wrong, all children will need to be corrected at times and given guidance in the way they should live. This correction is firm, yet caring with the aim of developing self-discipline and a Gospel motivated life.
FORGIVENESS ESSENTIAL
When mistakes are made, consequences must be faced. However, as our Lord forgives us, forgiveness is also offered to the errant child. In spite of wrong doing, God loves all people and each person is still special and offered the forgiveness earned for all by Jesus.
CO-OPERATION VITAL
Close co-operation between parents and teachers is vital for good discipline and a Gospel motivated way of life to be achieved. It is this close co-operation between parents and teachers that constitutes one of the strong points of Geelong Lutheran College.
Parent's Responsibility
It is our belief that a child’s upbringing -- academically, spiritually, socially & physically - is primarily the responsibility of the parent/s. Schools exist to support parents in this important task. It is only working together as a team that an effective education in all areas can be offered. To this end it is expected that parents who enrol their children will:
Give open support for the ethos of the College
Encourage and assist their children in their learning, not just for homework but their whole embrace of school life
Seek to ensure that their children comply with the rules of the College, especially behaviour in public, personal grooming and uniform
Participate in the life and activities of the College community.
Please see the page ‘Parental Involvement’ for some ways of participating in your child’s life at the College.